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coruscate

Posted on August 27, 2014August 27, 2014 by admin

kaw rə skeIt intransitive verb to give off flashes of light; sparkle; glitter. I ran an appraising eye over the staff bike shed and glimpsed a Ridgefinder Gold Bowl Special, coruscating like…

flout

Posted on August 26, 2014August 26, 2014 by admin

flaUt to show scorn or contempt for, esp. by openly or deliberately disobeying. He flouted authority while at school and no one was surprised when he was expelled. The poet flouted the…

burgeon

Posted on August 25, 2014August 25, 2014 by admin

buhr jihn intransitive verb 1: to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often fol. by out or forth). She was pleased to see that her new plants…

dissipate

Posted on August 22, 2014August 22, 2014 by admin

dI sə peIt transitive verb 1: to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving. The sun dissipated the fog. 2: to waste by, or as though by, scattering…

requisite

Posted on August 21, 2014August 21, 2014 by admin

re kwih ziht adjective required or essential. If you’ve done the requisite reading and assignments, you should pass the exam easily.      

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